Remote Geotechnical Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Geotechnical Engineer position at Larson Design Group (LDG), an award-winning, employee-owned firm offering a flexible work environment, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The role involves technical leadership, coordinating design activities, increased client interactions, and Quality Assurance and Quality Control duties.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a relevant Engineering field from ABET accredited school, Geotechnical concentration strongly preferred
• Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years’ job-related experience
• Licensure/Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) required. PA preferred or ability to obtain

Responsibilities

• Performs independent planning and design tasks, reviews work of others, prepares design documents and reports, and successfully delivers projects to completion
• Has experience with technically complex projects
• Possesses knowledge of codes and standards applicable to design of projects
• Maintains collaborative inter-departmental and cross functional working relationships with members of the project team
• Performs final QA/QC review of project submissions
• Develops schedules, technical proposals, and labor hour estimates
• Works closely with clients and project teams to effectively describe and deliver scope of work
• Performs field, sample collection, and laboratory coordination tasks as needed
• Supervises field and junior staff on larger projects as directed
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors & omissions
• Performs and checks design calculations, technical specifications, and prepares cost estimates
• Performs calculations such as stability analysis, bearing capacity, settlement, pile/drilled shaft capacity, micro-pile design, soil nail design, etc. with minimal oversight
• Develops and maintains design budgets for routine scopes of work

Benefits

• Offers a flexible work environment
• Provides competitive benefits
• Has bonus plans
• Supports professional and personal growth
• Offers a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)